Have you taken in the best shows in town? Theyre not to be found at the Casino Amphitheater or Everetts Events Center but spotted around town where new schools are going up.
To live in a community is to understand that life would constantly fail without the invisible contributions of others.JAMES W….
by Marvin J. Folkertsma
by Dorry Elias-Garcia
The taste of Maryfest 2007 bore a hint of strawberries. Time was when Marysvilles annual festival had everything to do with strawberries. Strawberry fields took up a significant percent of the now-developed acreage surrounding the town and instead of stuffing mattresses, the business at Fourth and Cedar was processing truckloads of strawberries.
Another Snohomish County resident has made the ultimate sacrifice while in service to this nation, joining the list which already includes five people from Snohomish County, 82 from the state of Washington and 4,023 names of men and women nationwide killed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
Back in May when I had my first cataract surgery, I told you that after Id had the other eye done, Id review the process, since this is an operation many seniors eventually need and know little about.
The first time I had labyrinthitis, back in 2000, it was something, according to medical authorities, that you usually only get once in a lifetime.
by Don C. Brunell
Local school districts are going five-for-five when it comes to the levies on the Feb. 19 ballot and local voters should be commended for supporting the districts and, more importantly, the students they serve.
The Democratic Party caucus for a sliver of Washingtons 44th Legislative District was held Feb. 9, in the Marysvilles Totem Middle School cafeteria. The previous presidential caucus, held at Lake Stevens High School, brought a huge chunk of 44th Districts precincts together.
Highway tolling has won the support of the state Transportation Commission, which I have been promoting for years, with special attention to the mountain passes. Why should users of a marine highway, the ferries, be forced to pay, while drivers using passes cut through mountains to shorten the driving distance between both sides of the state and maintained in severe weather, get a free ride?
by Don C. Brunell
